Summary Of Staples A Sense Of Frustration
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The first time Staples recalls a sense of frustration was on a late evening while walking on a deserted street in Hyde Park. He describes how a woman walking in front of him kept looking back with a worried look on her face. Within a short time she had picked up her pace and began running, and had disappeared into a cross street (2). Staples had found himself embarrassed and in dismay from the woman’s reacting due to his skin color, and how it had made him indistinguishable from a common mugger (3). On another occasion, he recalls how while working as a journalist in Chicago, he was accidentally mistaken for a burglar. With a deadline story in hand, Staples had made the mistake of rushing into the magazine office, were security was called on